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PLNClassification: Diogenite, olivine S-low / W-low
Place/Time: 2024 in Algeria
Mass: 300g
History: The meteorite was purchased from a dealer in Algeria.
Physical characteristics: Many dark brownish to organge fragments some with minor fusion crust.
Petrography: Coarse-grained achondritic breccia predominantly composed of up to 1 cm sized blocky orthopyroxene and less abundant smaller olivine grains with minor fine-grained interstitial matrix of related material. Opaque phases include chromite and troilite. Neither plagioclase nor metallic iron detected.
Geochemistry: low-Ca pyroxene: Fs22.2±0.2Wo1.8±0.1 (Fs22.0-22.5Wo1.8-1.9, FeO/MnO=22-25, n=7); olivine: Fa26.2±0.1 (Fs26.0-26.4, FeO/MnO=41±1, n=7)
